Digital Rails
File: ROUTES/GM&OSS/SOUND/genfreightwag1.sms
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Tr_SMS (
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Skip ( *** Marias Pass Wagon Type 1 *** )
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Skip ( ** This is one of the wagon sms's used for the wagon types on ** )
Skip ( ** marias pass. ** )
Skip ( ** All of the wagon sms's will be similar, but with a different ** )
Skip ( ** selection of waves, frequency of playback etc. ** )
Skip ( ** As the sound scalability is reduced the choice of waves ** )
Skip ( ** will be reduced. ** )
Skip ( ** The use of the distance travelled trigger allows the ** )
Skip ( ** 'randomness' to change with speed {as the faster you are ** )
Skip ( ** travelling the futher you travel} in addition the volume ** )
Skip ( ** level can be modified to vary with velocity to give more ** )
Skip ( ** variation with speed. { although this is not done here dure ** )
Skip ( ** to time constraints } ** )
Skip ( ** The sms will be avaliable at a lower scalability than ambient ** )
Skip ( ** sounds due to its greater importance to the game. also the ** )
Skip ( ** sounds are of a higher priority than ambients { including ** )
Skip ( ** sigals }. ** )
Skip ( ** The activation distance of 55m is greater than the camera ** )
Skip ( ** distance so the wagon in focus will always be active, and ** )
Skip ( ** since wagons are about 20m long the nearest 3 wagons should ** )
Skip ( ** be making sounds at any one time. ** )
Skip ( ** Also on the highest level I have added a 'special' sound ** )
Skip ( ** every so often. ** )
Skip ( ** Care must be taken that the waves have enough time to play ** )
Skip ( ** before the next wave is queued or sounds will back up. The ** )
Skip ( ** values below have been tested usng the sound test interface ** )
Skip ( ** and it was found this started to become a problem at about ** )
Skip ( ** 60 meters per second {130mph} and it is unlikely these wagons ** )
Skip ( ** will ever reach such velocities. ** )
Skip ( ** Wagons also require coupling/decoupling sounds. These are ** )
Skip ( ** triggered using discrete triggers 58 to 63 to represent ** )
Skip ( ** differing {de}coupling speeds. These could be assigned their ** )
Skip ( ** own streams, but since they are needed infrequently, and ** )
Skip ( ** at lowish velocities they will share the existing stream. ** )
Skip ( ** I have also illustrated how the indentation in the SMS file ** )
Skip ( ** is arbitrary and can be disregarded if it aids readability ** )
ScalabiltyGroup( 5
Activation (
ExternalCam ()
Distance (55)
)
Deactivation (
PassengerCam ()
CabCam ()
Distance (55)
)
Streams ( 1
Stream (
Priority ( 5 )
Triggers ( 8
Dist_Travelled_Trigger ( Dist_Min_Max ( 50 100 ) Volume_Min_Max ( 0.9 1.0 )
PlayOneShot ( 5
File ( "x_d9_random5.wav" -1 )
File ( "x_d9_random4.wav" -1 )
File ( "x_d9_random3.wav" -1 )
File ( "x_d9_random2.wav" -1 )
File ( "x_d9_random1.wav" -1 )
SelectionMethod ( RandomSelection )
)
)
Dist_Travelled_Trigger ( Dist_Min_Max ( 200 200 ) Volume_Min_Max ( 1.0 1.0 )
PlayOneShot ( 1
File ( "x_d9_random2.wav" -1 )
SelectionMethod ( RandomSelection )
)
)
Discrete_Trigger ( 58 PlayOneShot ( 1 File ( "x_couple_auto1.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod (SequentialSelection) ) )
Discrete_Trigger ( 59 PlayOneShot ( 1 File ( "x_couple_auto2.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod (SequentialSelection) ) )
Discrete_Trigger ( 60 PlayOneShot ( 1 File ( "x_couple_auto3.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod (SequentialSelection) ) )
Discrete_Trigger ( 61 PlayOneShot ( 1 File ( "x_uncouple_auto1.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod (SequentialSelection) ) )
Discrete_Trigger ( 62 PlayOneShot ( 1 File ( "x_uncouple_auto2.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod (SequentialSelection) ) )
Discrete_Trigger ( 63 PlayOneShot ( 1 File ( "x_uncouple_auto3.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod (SequentialSelection) ) )
)
)
)
)
ScalabiltyGroup( 3
Activation (
ExternalCam ()
Distance (55)
)
Deactivation (
PassengerCam ()
CabCam ()
Distance (55)
)
Streams ( 1
Stream (
Priority ( 5 )
Triggers ( 7
Dist_Travelled_Trigger ( Dist_Min_Max ( 50 100 ) Volume_Min_Max ( 0.9 1.0 )
PlayOneShot ( 3
File ( "x_d9_random3.wav" -1 )
File ( "x_d9_random2.wav" -1 )
File ( "x_d9_random1.wav" -1 )
SelectionMethod ( RandomSelection )
)
)
Discrete_Trigger ( 58 PlayOneShot ( 1 File ( "x_couple_auto1.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod (SequentialSelection) ) )
Discrete_Trigger ( 59 PlayOneShot ( 1 File ( "x_couple_auto1.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod (SequentialSelection) ) )
Discrete_Trigger ( 60 PlayOneShot ( 1 File ( "x_couple_auto1.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod (SequentialSelection) ) )
Discrete_Trigger ( 61 PlayOneShot ( 1 File ( "x_uncouple_auto1.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod (SequentialSelection) ) )
Discrete_Trigger ( 62 PlayOneShot ( 1 File ( "x_uncouple_auto1.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod (SequentialSelection) ) )
Discrete_Trigger ( 63 PlayOneShot ( 1 File ( "x_uncouple_auto1.wav" -1 ) SelectionMethod (SequentialSelection) ) )
)
)
)
)
Skip ( ** All wagons play at least two sounds ** )
Skip ( ** {de}coupling sounds have been dropped ** )
ScalabiltyGroup( 1
Activation (
ExternalCam ()
Distance (55)
)
Deactivation (
PassengerCam ()
CabCam ()
Distance (55)
)
Streams ( 1
Stream (
Priority ( 5 )
Triggers ( 1
Dist_Travelled_Trigger ( Dist_Min_Max ( 50 100 ) Volume_Min_Max ( 0.9 1.0 )
PlayOneShot ( 2
File ( "x_d9_random2.wav" -1 )
File ( "x_d9_random1.wav" -1 )
SelectionMethod ( RandomSelection )
)
)
)
)
)
)
Skip ( ** SL 0 As SL 1 But lower priority ** )
ScalabiltyGroup( 0
Activation (
ExternalCam ()
Distance (55)
)
Deactivation (
PassengerCam ()
CabCam ()
Distance (55)
)
Streams ( 1
Stream (
Priority ( 3 )
Triggers ( 1
Dist_Travelled_Trigger ( Dist_Min_Max ( 50 100 ) Volume_Min_Max ( 0.9 1.0 )
PlayOneShot ( 2
File ( "x_d9_random2.wav" -1 )
File ( "x_d9_random1.wav" -1 )
SelectionMethod ( RandomSelection )
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
